Dintwe, Tumelo
Gause, Gopolang
Sehularo, Leepile Alfred
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health and Welfare SETA
Article History
Received: 15 April 2025
Accepted: 8 July 2025
First Online: 12 July 2025
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional scientific committee. Following its scientific approval, the study was reviewed by the North-West University Research Ethics Committee and was approved (NWU-00129-23-S1). As per the institutional internal policy about where the study was conducted, the study was further submitted to the Research Data Gatekeeper committee (RDG) and was allocated a unique approval number (NWU-GK-24-218). In addition to having met the legal requirements, informed consent to participate was obtained voluntarily from all participants. Participants were informed that they reserved the right to participate in the study and could withdraw their consent at any time, without any undue consequences, should they wish to do so. Furthermore, the study adhered to the guidelines for conducting research with human participants as stipulated in the 1969 Helsinki declaration.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.